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I think they need to change the salary structure pay scales.

Make it so guys like Lebron can earn a lot more, and guys like Hayward don't get 30 mil a year.

Something like, if you make first or 2nd team All NBA, then you get a lot more. Dont, then your max deals can only be like 15% of the cap. 1st team can be 40%, 2nd team 30%

Something like that would solve a lot of problems. Lebron would suck up a lot of his teams cap, and he couldn't recruit two other 1st teamers. And then Hayward couldn't ruin your team because he's making too much for his talents worth.

It would just have to be that, your salary can adjust year by year.
 
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Agreed with what you said regarding contracts. As far as potential trades, it would be difficult (& timely) to come up with specific scenarios. Personally, I would target potentially elite scorers & draft picks. It's unlikely that we would find a deal worth making, I'm just saying that it should be explored. I don't blame people for disagreeing as it's a major risk, I just think that a small-market franchise not being in control of retaining a likely irreplaceable asset is an even bigger risk.
 
Stifle Tower said:
And that's the argument for trading him (which I'm not advocating right now). As you said, Hayward is pretty damn good. But he's not a superstar; he's a fringe all-star making max money. Can Utah AFFORD to have him as a $30M player. Gobert likely is $30M too. I assume Favors comes in at 20 something, which is where Exum may land. So those 4, with cheap pieces around them...will they ever contend? I don't see it. Utah needs depth because they don't have superstars. Even Gobert right now isn't a superstar; he lacks an offensive game. Only way for the the Jazz to contend is have great depth all the way to the 8th/9th player in the rotation. We're close. I think we have that at the wings (Hayward, Burks and Hood) and perhaps at the 4/5 if Lyles or Pleiss develops. Resolve the PG spots and bake the cake. And then keep the team together.
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You do understand that enes kanter now makes more than hayward, right? He is not making the max. It is a max contract, but his deal is considered a bargain by everyone in the league right now.
 
b_line said:
You do understand that enes kanter now makes more than hayward, right? He is not making the max. It is a max contract, but his deal is considered a bargain by everyone in the league right now.
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I think stifle was talking about Haywards next contract being 30 million per year and not thinking Hayward is worth that much.
 
fishonjazz said:
I think stifle was talking about Haywards next contract being 30 million per year and not thinking Hayward is worth that much.
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OK. Makes sense. But Hayward is not eligible for the full max until he has been in the league ten years so it won't be 30 million a year, probably more like 25 mil, and the cap will be over 100 mil.
 
Hack said:
I think they need to change the salary structure pay scales.

Make it so guys like Lebron can earn a lot more, and guys like Hayward don't get 30 mil a year.

Something like, if you make first or 2nd team All NBA, then you get a lot more. Dont, then your max deals can only be like 15% of the cap. 1st team can be 40%, 2nd team 30%

Something like that would solve a lot of problems. Lebron would suck up a lot of his teams cap, and he couldn't recruit two other 1st teamers. And then Hayward couldn't ruin your team because he's making too much for his talents worth.

It would just have to be that, your salary can adjust year by year.
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Yes, increasing max contracts is the number one thing the league could do to increase parity.
 
Hack said:
I think they need to change the salary structure pay scales.

Make it so guys like Lebron can earn a lot more, and guys like Hayward don't get 30 mil a year.

Something like, if you make first or 2nd team All NBA, then you get a lot more. Dont, then your max deals can only be like 15% of the cap. 1st team can be 40%, 2nd team 30%

Something like that would solve a lot of problems. Lebron would suck up a lot of his teams cap, and he couldn't recruit two other 1st teamers. And then Hayward couldn't ruin your team because he's making too much for his talents worth.

It would just have to be that, your salary can adjust year by year.
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So you want a system that greatly rewards players who gets stats? That would just lead to players being more selfish and trying to make that cut to get the maximum pay-scale.
 
There should be no cap at all.

Just let teams spend what they want. That would probably make for the most fair contracts around the league.
 
Cy said:
There should be no cap at all.

Just let teams spend what they want. That would probably make for the most fair contracts around the league.
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This would be a perfect solution if you want to see the same teams dominate every year. If you are in a small market and enjoy losing you would also love this system.
 
Cy said:
There should be no cap at all.

Just let teams spend what they want. That would probably make for the most fair contracts around the league.
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Or have a cap, but no max salary. That's what the NFL does, isn't it?
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
This would be a perfect solution if you want to see the same teams dominate every year. If you are in a small market and enjoy losing you would also love this system.
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Maybe, or maybe all the stars would make ridiculous amounts of money which would allow others to build deeper teams.
 
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